↑Farwell, p. xi, states that the owerwhelmingly common uisage o the middle name Jonathan wis never documentit an that Jackson did nae acknawledge it, instead uisin the signatur form "T. J. Jackson." Robertson, p. 19, states that a coonty document on Februar 28, 1841, was the first recorded instance o Jackson uisin a middle initial, althou "whether it stood for his faither Jonathan's name is nae kent." Aw of the ither references tae this airticle cite his full name as Thomas Jonathan Jackson.

↑Eicher, High Commands, p. 316; Robertson, p. 7. The physician, Dr. James McCally, recalls deliverin baby Thomas juist afore midnixht on Januar 20, but the faimily has insistit syne then that he wis born in the first minutes o Januar 21. The later date is the ane generally acknowledged in biographies.